The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Notes and Opinions.

part in the Ohio republican campaign.
THE New York World notes that Rev.
DIR. Burchard is enjoying rest, recupera-
ton and refreshment at Saratoga.
IN the last thirty state elections the
democrats have carried New York six
teen times and the republicans fourteen.
KING FERDINAND took the Bulgarian
throne and life insurance policy of a
million forins the same week. These
are two tolerably well-matched risks.
A WAsHINGToN letter states that
nearly 500, 100000 in southern war
claims were submitted to the late con-
gress. Will the administration favor
their payment as the readiest way of
settling the surplus question?
THE Philadelphia Record having de-
clared that the tariff on steel rails makes
dear beef" by raising railroad rates,
the Philadelphia Press asks how it hap
pens that our rates are lower than they
are in lands where steel rails are free.
THERE are plenty of people in this
country who demonstrate by their lives
that it is perfectly easy to be contented
and happy without being rich. That is
one of the prime lessons that the rising
generation ought to learn. -Sprinqfeld
Union.
To buy newspaper of twelve, six
teen or twenty-four pages and read the
readable matter in it is like gathering
strawberries in briar patch. Why
should one buy out bakery every time
he wants loaf of bread?-Philddelph
Record.
THERE is considerable of a move
ment maturing to induce congress at
the next session to authorize the return
to the states of the money collected
under the direct-tax act of 1921. South
ern men favor it largely, and the fact
that the treasury is full is considered
opportune.-W Washington Letter.
THE Boston Herald demonstrates to
its own satisfaction by the "curve
theory" whatever that may be, that
Gail Hamilton was the author of the
anonymous Arthur Richmond articles
in the North american Rerie,c. We
believe that it was shown some time
ago that the articles were written by
different persons.
THE Chatsworth accident has stirred
up quite crusade in the press against
wooden bridges. In summer time,
when grass and wooden road structures
burn, wooden bridges are abused. In
frosty weather, when iron bridges snap
and collapse, as at Ashtabula, iron
structures come in for their share of
blame.-Cincinnati ComI Gazette.
IT is most gratifying fact that,
despite the great heats which have pre-
vailed this summer, there has been no
outbreak of any contagious disease and
that there is no likelihood that there
will be. The plaques which some very
wise people predicted for the summer
of 1887 have not yet been heard of, and
the season is now so far advanced that
we can bid defiance to them with i'm
punity. Philadelphia Bulletin.
THE story is told of an enterpris-
ing man who had not taken a holiday
for ten years, and who, on being
asked how he managed to stand so heavy
and continuous business pressure
remarked that whenever he felt weary
he stopped advertising for season.
Business fell off so materially that he
got the needed rest, and when fully re-
cuperated he would again put himself
before the people through the medium
of printers ink.
IT may safely be assumed that the
mugwumps and Burchard will never
settle another presidential contest. The
novelty of squad of republican de-
serters flying a free-trade flag and sit
ting on a platform whose tariff plank
was painted in two colors has worn off
and Burchard's mouth will suffer an
eclipse. They are blind indeed who do
not see that labor and the tariff are the
winning cards in the coming game
Macon (Ga.) Telegram (DemocraO.
If there are any protested friends
of temperance who can see any hope.
full significance in the fact that the
people of this country drank two mill.
ion barrels of beer last year more than
the year before they are welcome to
the cheerful piece of news. We are
glad that the amount of whiskey drank
last year was several million gallons
less than in the preceding year, but we
should be happier still if correspond
ing decrease had been shown in the
use of beer.-Ne,o York Observer.
AN important decision has been rem.
dered in the New York court of APP
peals, covering the adulteration of arti
Giles of food. The defendant was under
indictment for selling watered milk
and the defence was that the seller
having bought the milk of IA wholesaler
acted in good faith and did not know il
was watered. The court holds that this
is no defence, and that a person who
sells milk, butter, ETC., must know wha
he is selling. If he takes their purity
for granted he must do so at his own risk
THE story is telegraphed from Sar
Antonio, Texas, " from most reliable
source" of the recent death, in thu
state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, of Jesus